Category: Blagoevgrad

In this post I suggest you go through an unknown site in southwestern Bulgaria. Three small villages surrounded by mountains and a natural environment promise us a pleasant day and some activities to do. We will visit Strumyani, Ilindentsi and Mikrevo. We…

Traveling on Route E-79 between Sofia and southern Bulgaria or neighboring Greece takes us through a forced area, the deep gorge of the Struma River. The Struma (or Strymónas) is a river that rises in the Vitosha Mountains, southwest of the Bulgarian capital, and heads…

After touring the Bulgarian city of Sandanski in the previous publication, it is now time to tour the Sandanski Park, also known as Sveti Vrach. The Sveti Vrach is one of the largest urban parks in Bulgaria, next to the Garden of…

Sandanski is an important thermal city located to the southwest of Bulgaria, in the province of Blagoevgrad. With 29,055 inhabitants, it is a small city, but one of the main urban centers of this region of the country. The place is visited…

Our day of hiking through the lower area of the Pirin Mountains will take us along the western slope of the massif, above the city of Sandanski. This mountain range has peaks such as the Vihren, about 2,914 meters (9,560 feet) in…